Sanitary spoon.



R. D. KUNZ.

SANITARY SPOON.

APPLIGAToN FILED Nov.19,1912.

1 1 1 1 ,9 1 O, Patented Sept. 39, 1914.

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SANITARY SPOON.

Specication of Iietters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

Application iled November 19, 1912. Serial No. 732,388.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, ROLAND D. KUNZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Spoons; and-I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in spoons.

The principal object is to provide a spoon, the bowl of which, when used, may be detached from the handle and thrown away.

Other objects and advanta es will be apparent from the following escription and with particular reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a spoon made in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents the handle portion of the spoon, the stem of which is formed with a plurality of resilient serrated jaws or fingers 11, a sliding or clamping ring 12 encircling the stem, and being adapted to be slipped down over the jaws to draw them together?. This handle is preferably formed of metal, and is adapted to be retained after the bowl is thrownv away. The bowl 13 is preferably formedV of paper or other suitable material which is compressible and which may be easily destroyed. On the rear end of the bowl is formed a stem 14, which is adapted to be received between the jaws 11 and to be tightly engaged thereby, when the ring 12 is slipped down over the jaws. It Will be noted that as the ring 12 is moved to hold the outer ends of the jaws, the serrations are successively forced to bite into the stem 14. This holds the bowl securely from movement in any direction, while clamped.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that with a spoon of this construction, the bowl will -only be used by one person, and after Asuch use the bowl is detached and thrown away. Danger of contagion is therefore eliminated as the art of the spoon which cornes in contact with the 'mouth is the part to be thrown away or destroyed. The

handle may be retained, and new bowls attached thereto for the subsequent users.

A spoon of such construction, as described above is particularly useful in hospitals, hotels, lunch rooms, and soda fountains, the extra cost of the bowls being no doubt oifset in the increase of trade due to the use of such sanitary devices.

What is claimed is:

A spoon comprising a separable handle y and bowl, the handle being formed of a hard substance having resilient serrated gri ping jaws on one end thereof, the bowl formed of compressed fibrous material `and having a stem engaging between the jaws of the handle, each of the jaws having ,a stop flange on the free end, and a sliding ring on the handle. for forcin the serrations of the jaws successively to blte into the stem of the bowl. y

In testimony whereof, I ailiX my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ROLAND D. KUNZ. Witnesses:

JAMES FLYNN, Sr.,

WILBUR L. BmHL.

Copie-s of this patent may be Vobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner otPatents,

Washington, D. C.

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